Miniflore flower holder, 1970

Claude Courtecuisse spent 1967 showing cardboard furniture at the Grand Palais and designing the Mercurio chair in thermoformed plastic, before a career that reached the Centre Pompidou and, eventually, outer space, in a project made with an astronaut from his workshop at the Paris Observatory.

Miniflore, from 1970, is his design at its smallest and most playful: a porcelain form that turns any vessel into a sculptural composition. The series holds over fifty shapes; Source Édition begins by reissuing the first.

Designer: Claude Courtecuisse
Year of design: 1970
Material: unglazed porcelain, handmade
Dimensions: H 13 × Ø 5.5 cm (5.1 × 2.2 in)
Weight: 0.2 kg (0.4 lb)
Made in France

1. Keep one flower from your last bouquet and slip it into the Miniflore.
2. Set the Miniflore in a glass or vessel filled with water, up to the stem, so the flower stays fresh.
3. Watch it bloom again.

Wash by hand with a soft cloth or a non-abrasive sponge.

Porcelain dislikes sudden changes of temperature: avoid very hot water and direct heat, and handle it gently to spare it any knock.

In stock and shipped within 48 hours. Insured delivery across the European Union. Outside the EU, pieces are sold Ex Works Paris: shipping, duties and import taxes are arranged and paid by the buyer.

Pieces in stock can be returned within 14 days.